I hope to be able to move out in the distant future, but how do I survive until then? PROBLEM: I’m recently graduated from college. I have a good job, on a good salary, but none of this is acknowledged by my mother. My surrounding family are all very supportive of me and the choices […]
I’m wary of internet dating and feel like a sad case chatting up women in pubs PROBLEM: I am a 59-year-old divorced man and have joint custody of our 17-year-old daughter. I was heartbroken when the separation happened and always felt we could have resolved our issues, which were relatively minor compared to the difficulties […]
I got very sick last year and had a breakdown. I dread it happening again PROBLEM: I know I shouldn’t complain, but it is my anger and frustration I’m worried about. We all have busy lives, but I do resent the fact that I am the one constantly with the three kids while my husband […]
He sells himself as the family breadwinner hero despite the fact he betrayed my mother PROBLEM: I recently went to a school reunion which marked 25 years since I did my Leaving Certificate. This was an awkward event as I had lost contact with all my old school pals as the majority of them continued to […]
I have struggled very badly with this, watching my prime slip away and not being fulfilled PROBLEM: I am a man in my 60s married for over 30 years. We get along well but there has always been a huge gap in our relationship – there was simply no sex. We did manage to have […]
I’ve kept it a secret all these years but now time is running out and my daughter is devastated about not knowing her biological father PROBLEM: Sixteen years ago, when I was 18, and to be honest at a lonely, hard time in my life, I kind of struck up a friendship with an older man […]
Sleeping with someone else made him think twice about commitment PROBLEM: I am a 28-year-old gay man and I have only ever had two relationships. The first was an abusive relationship with an older man over a two-year period in my late teens. Then, when I was 21, I met the love of my life […]
Our unequal arrangement was agreed a year ago so why should I budge? PROBLEM: I am living in Dublin. When myself and my flatmate were looking for a flat together we came upon one that was more than my budget. However she wanted it so much that she suggested she pay extra to make up […]
I try to stay in touch with them but I get stonewalled most of the time PROBLEM: A few years ago I left my wife for another woman. At the time I didn’t tell my ex why I left, although she did suspect there was another woman. She now knows I am in another relationship and […]
I am no longer attracted to her physically and she is not interested in sex PROBLEM: I’m feeling very conflicted about my relationship and afraid that I’m going to come across as a bit of a heel. I’m now in my early 50s and about 30 years ago I met a woman who blew me away. […]